Ethnic + Languages

Waterloo Region Has Key Ingredient for Economic/Social Dynamism .... Population Diversity

Population by Ethnic Origin (2006)

Ethnic Origin	# People
English	96,270
German	92,485
Canadian	87,950
Scottish	68,785
Irish	62,860
French	34,215
Polish	18.075
Dutch	16,310
Portuguese	15,055
East Indian	10,440
Italian	10,145

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006015.
Notes: Population data for individuals 15 years and over. Ethnic Origin is selected by survey respondents and can include ethnic claims by first, second and third or more generation as well as single and multiple ethnic claims.

Population by Visible Minority (2006)
In 2006, visible minorities comprised 13% of the Waterloo Region Census Division population.

Visible Minority	Total Population
South Asian	16,410
Black	9,510
Chinese	9,200
Latin American	6,910
Southeast Asian	6,210
Arab	3,175
West Asian	2,720
Filipino	1,870
Korean	1,700
Japanese	670
Other	1,840
Total	61,980

Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-562-XCB2006016 (Waterloo Region Census Division).
Note: For all immigration periods. Total may not equal sum of individual values due to inclusion of respondents who reported more than one visible minority group.

Countries of Origin of Recent Immigrants (2001-2006)
Immigration between 2001 and 2006 represents 3.8% of the Waterloo Region's total population (4.8% - Ontario). Immigrants (covering any period of arrival in Canada) represent 23% of the Waterloo Region's population (28% - Ontario).

Country of Origin	#	%
India	2,025	12%
China	1,830	10.9%
Pakistan	1,500	8.9%
Romania	1,125	6.7%
Former Yugoslavia	1,010	6%
United States	800	4.7%
Sudan	515	3.1%
South Korea	500	3%
United Kingdom	465	2.8%
Total Recent Immigrants	16,870

Source: Statistics Canada Census, 2006 (Waterloo Region Census Division) “Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) for the Immigrants and Non-permanent Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data”

Population by Mother Tongue (2006)

Single Language Responses
English	355,345
All Other	36,430
German	18,760
Portuguese	11,200
Spanish	6,915
Polish	6,000
Romanian	4,780
Chinese	4,770
Serbian	4,530
Vietnamese	3,215
Arabic	3,200
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,170
Dutch	2,755
Persian (Farsi)	2,635
Croatian	2,410
Italian	2,235
Multiple Language Responses
English & French	725
English & Other	3,860
French & Other	255
English, French & Other	75

Source: Kitchener CMA, Statistics Canada Census, 2006, “Population by mother tongue and age groups, 2006 counts, for Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations – 20% sample data”

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